Humans are naturally good at spotting patterns, a skill that developed because our ancestors needed to quickly distinguish between safe and dangerous things – like knowing which plants were okay to eat. This was a matter of survival back when people hunted and gathered food. These days, though, we mostly use that skill for things like playing video games.
Even now, our brains still make surprising connections. A user named guiltyassassin56 on the r/Skyrim subreddit recently proved this by identifying a background object from a Doctor Who episode (season 10, episode 1) as matching a Skyrim skeleton image – almost ten years after both originally appeared.
Skyrim Dragon Skeleton in Doctor Who S10 Ep1 ‘The Pilot’ from r/skyrim
I call it “random,” but the image is actually of the Skeletal Dragon from the Elder Scrolls Fandom wiki – and it happened to be the first result when I Googled “skeletal dragon.” I’m not sure if that was the case back in 2017 when the episode came out, but I verified the dates. The wiki page was originally created way back in 2011, so the timing seems to match up.
Okay, I get it, you might be thinking, “They look alike, but how do we know it’s actually the same thing?” I was wondering that too, honestly! But a fan named Lee993 put together a really convincing comparison – they overlaid the images of the tail, and it’s pretty clear they match up!
Comment from r/skyrim
As a journalist, I need to be absolutely sure of my facts. So, I personally verified this by creating the animated image you see here using Clip Studio Paint. When I shared it with my colleague, Joshua Wolens, on our work chat, he joked that it needed to be set to the theme song from The X-Files.
My setup isn’t quite as flawless as Lee993’s, but the way the head, ribs, damaged chest, and wing all line up pretty much confirms it’s correct.
It’s surprisingly common for visual effects artists working on TV shows and video games to make mistakes. For example, in 2024, the game War Thunder mistakenly included images of wreckage from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in the background. While unfortunate, this is arguably less concerning than a tired VFX artist, working under pressure, accidentally using the wrong image for a scene.
It’s interesting to think about how humans used to be the ultimate hunters, naturally skilled at recognizing important patterns all around us. Now, we mostly use that same ability for things like trivia, instead of survival. It really shows how much things have changed.
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2026-01-07 18:32